Aerial projectile toy.



'0.115. 100B. A AERIAL PROJBJGTILB my. APPLICATION FILED DEG, 5, 1910.

Patented May 2, mi 1.

CHARLES E. COE, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOB' OF ONE-HALF T0 EDWARD B. BICKER, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.-

AERIAL PROJEGTILE T O'Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, i911.

To all whom is' may concern:

Be it lrnown that I, CHARLES E. COE, a citizen of the United Statesgand resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Aerial Projectile Toys, of which the following is a specification'containing a full, clear, and eX act description, rcfcrence'being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof. v i

i My invention relates to improvements in aerial projectile toys, the object of my invention being to construct a toy, one meinber of which is aprojectile adapted to be discharged into the air, having blades acting upon the air to give the projectile a whirling motion, one pair of diametrically,

opposite blades being of unequal areas, thereby when the projectile is discharged the pair of -unequally sized blades will cause the projectile to describe a substantially spiral course through the air.

A further object of my invention is to construct such a projectile from a single piece. of metal and Vto form integrally withthe ends of the blades and from the same piece 4vof metal a reinforcing and protecting rim. And a further object of the invention .is to construct a simple means for projecting the projectile, which means comprises a rec j tangular, reinforced openmg centrally disposed of the projectile and a rod, rectangular in cross section and twisted so that. it is provided throughout its length with a number of helices of a given pitch and from this point to its outer end the helices gradually increase in pitch as'frequired to vfacilitate the operation of projecting.

With the above purposes in view my invention consists in certain novel features ofn construct1on and arrangement `of parts asv will be hereinafter more fully\\ described,

pointed out in the claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a detail,sectional elevation of the complete toy; Fig. 2 isa sectional plan taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a plan of the projectile, the rod of the projector being. shown in section; Fig. 4 is an edge view of the projectile a portion of which is in section as'indicated by the line 4 4 ofFig. 3; Fig. 5 is a fragmental portion of the projectile showing the initial incision necessary to' form the reinforced opening,I in the' projectile; Figs. 6 and 7 show made clear.

the secondjstep in the formation of the reinforced opening, the spurs formed by the V-shape incision beingA struck downwardly; Figs and 9 illustrate the completed reinforced opening; and Fig. lOillustrates in section a portion of the projectile surrounding the rod of the projector.

Referring bynuinerals to the accompanying drawings: l designates the body portion of the projector which, as shown, is formed from a single piece of flat wire which is rectangular in cross section. At the lowermost end the rod is bent to form a loop handle ,portion Zand the entire rod, except for said handle is twisted helically, the helices for a certain length of the rod being of a uniform pitch and from this on to the upper end of the rod the pitch of the helices gradually increases for purposes hereinafter Loosely embracing and -arranged for movement lengthwise of the rod v .j is a sleeve 3, at the central portion .of which the tail 7' is preferably made of greater area,

than the 'head 6 for purposes hereinafter' made clear. Connecting the head, wings and tail is an integral, reinforcing and protecting annular run 9.

Centrally disposed inthe body 'portion 8 is arectangnlar opening l0, the margins of which are reinforced by V-shape spurs l1 which are struck from the body portionS andfolded backwardly against Athe body portion. Y I

The-projectile just described is ofsuch nature that it may be readily stamped and formed by a single operation of the'machine, which machine is provided with cutting dies arranged slightly in advance of formers so that after the material is cut a further movement deflects the blades of the projectile, namely the head, wings and tail, moves' the Vshape spurs, for reinforcing the cen'- ltral opening, to a right angled position relaprojectile which, by reason of the' twist in oiering a greater area and resistance to the air,A the projectile as a whole will not only describe a rotary motion on its own axis but j will be moved in a spiral course.

against breakage by contacting with objects et@ lit was formed, the linal'nishing of the tivethe body 8 and turns the rim 9 to a poj sition at right angles to the sheet from which Spurs forreinforcing the opening 10 may be either done by hand or a second operation of the same or another machine. I

Assuming now that the parts be assembled, as shown in Fig. l, and it be desired to operate the toy the operator grasps the handle 2 in his left hand and moves the'sleeve 3 with his right hand upwardly over the twisted rod l carrying with the sleeve the the rod and the rectangular opening in the projectile, is given a rotary movement and,- forthe reason that at the lowermost end of the rod 1 the pitch. of the twists or helices lis very slow, a minimum of effort is required to start the projectile and, for the vreason that the pitch is, from this on to the Aendl of ythe rod, gradually increased, there may.' be imparted to the projectile a rapidly increasing rotary motion with a vdecreasing longitudinal movement of the operating sleeve 3. Y

After the rojectile leaves the starting rod l it will, y reason of the shape of the head, wings and tail, which are likened unto the blades of-a propeller, soar or fly in the air and, for the reason that one of'the blades, namely the tail, is of greater area than the blade, namely the head, opposite it thereby v By thev provision of the reinforcing and protecting rim 9 the blades are protected in the course of its Hight and the object struck by the projectile is not subjected. to thesharp cutting edges of the blades.

IA am aware that a bladed projectile,

adapted to be discharged over a twisted rod, is not broadly new.

Iolalm:

l. A projectile, comprising a body portion shaped to conform with the outline of a' bird having out-stretched wings, the head, wings and tail lof the bird being propeller blades, one of which has a greater area than the remaining blades, and there being a noncircular opening in the body portion of the projectile. I

2. A projectile, comprising a body portion shaped to conformwith the outline of a bird having out-stretched wings, the head, wings and tail of the bird being propeller blades, one of which has a greater area than the i remaining blades, there being a non-circular opening in the body portion of the projectile, and a rim inclosing said blades. 3. An aerial projectile apparatus, comprising in combination a bladed projectile havin'o' a non-circular o eninof in its bod b c portion, and a projector being non-c1rcular in cross section -and formed helically, the helices varying in pitch throughout the length of the projector.

4. An aerial projectile apparatlls, comprising in combination a bladed prbjectile having a non-circular opening in its body portion, a projector being non-circular 1n cross section and formed helically, the helices y varying in pitch through the length of the projector, and a sleeve arranged to be moved .freely over the projectile, for the. purposes stated.

5. In an a paratus of the class described a projector iormed from a single piece of material non-circular in cross section 4 and helically formed, the helices varying in pitch throughout the length of the projector. 1 1

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses. l j

' CHARLES E. COE.

Witnesses: j

` EDWARD E. LONGAN, E. L. WALLACE. 

